Some Sony Xperia Z models are turning into water resistant paperweights; Sony to offer a fix

Some owners of the Sony Xperia Z are finding that their high-end device is turning into an expensive, but water resistant, paperweight. Based on the experience of those whose phone has died in front of their eyes, one minute the Sony Xperia Z is alive and vibrant, and suddenly it has moved on toward the light. Some have managed to bring their Xperia Z back with a hard reset by pressing on the power button while at the same time, pushing the volume button up. But this has worked only in a small number of cases.

Sony says that the problem is related to a low battery charge, but that is refuted by those whose Sony Xperia Z passed away with a full charge. The good news is that Sony Mobile is fully aware of the problem and a fix is being readied to go out with the next software update. Unfortunately, Sony does not have an exact date when this update will be going out.

So how about our loyal readers? Anyone have a Sony Xperia Z that just took its last breath recently?

But I've seen them freeze and broke really easy here in New Mexico and just cause it doesn't happen around you doesn't mean it doesn't happen to iPhone user everywhere, I'm just saying there's always going to be something wrong with the all those devices and it doesn't matter if it's Android, iPhone, WP or any other Smartphone OS

It's funny people put the Xperia Z on a pedestal saying it has the best design, display ect. when the fact that no matter how fast, or good the phone looks Sony phones ALWAYS have problems. More than iPhones when they release a new one. Funny thing is you don't get that problem from Samsung phones :)

also the build quality issue on blue color of S3.
LOL, SOny update all there line up each year, there are some that didnt make it but compare to sammy, ony S 1-4 and note and couple of ok phone will get update, but A LOT will dont get any of update.

Sony good in update than samsung???
What about xperia arc??? S2 is getting jellybean...
Xperia s is still in ics while s3 is running jb...
And s3 is getting all the software features of s4 which doesn't require any special software...
What world you are living in????

only S2 and S3 is the only phone you can site. too bad there are a lot of sammy phone out there and poor people, they dont get any update bcoz sammy is busy with the S2-4.
and LOL again you compare XS to S3, you must be out of this world, its easy to update a phone with latest hardware.

It's ridiculous for any flagship! Being proud that your phone died later then someone else's is just stupid. This type of things shouldn't happen in this price range, to come to think about it, in any price range!

given that these issues of s3 came after months of use is different from a newly used phone having sudden death issue..
and given that s3 was sold in million units, maybe a minimal percentage of those users have the problem,,
while this XZ having just released lately and still with few users.. are now having the problem..

actually, it is useful in tropical countries like mine, where rain can suddenly pours without ample warning. The waterproofing certainly help if you can't find shelters nearby and you are stuck with your phone in the open.

Happened to me few days ago. Riding my bike and out of a sudden, the rain poured and luckily for me, there was a shelter, although my 8X was quite damp by the time I took it out of my jeans. The only reason I had to stop is because I didn't want my phone to die. And having a waterproof certification certainly helps. Yeah, probably I won't take it to the pool, but it is certainly beneficial in emergency cases.

Received my Xperia Z yesterday (21/3/13) at 11 am and the screen froze on me today at 12pm!! As I am still (27 days) under O2's 28 day warranty, they are replacing it with a brand new one - wonder if I will get more than a day's use of that one......???!!!

This was happened to me 2 weeks ago, my 4 months old xperia ZL fail to charge and turn on after i run out of battery and remain unusable within 4 days! trying everything to make it back to work but ending me to buy lumia 920 as a replacement, good thing i manage to turn it back on and i will never switch it off again. After 3 days my collegue's 1 month old xperia Z got dead with 40% charge, i can't revive the phone the way that i did with mine, this is very sad for us, we choose SONY for reliability but this is what happened. we need fix SONY ASAP.

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